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Message #00217
Re: [HG instant] Remove file to be overwritten before shutil.copyfile to avoid exception.
> changeset: 211:a571f8044546d54474867e80906689a0e6ca8aa5
> user: Ilmar Wilbers <ilmarw@xxxxxxxxx>
> date: Wed Sep 03 11:56:09 2008 +0200
> files: src/instant/build_module.py
> description:
> Add test:
> a = os.path.join(source_directory, f)
> b = os.path.join(module_path, f)
> if a == b:
> continue
> This because the files are the same, and shutil.copyfile will not
> overwrite, causing an error (overwriting in this case is not
> necessary, anyway).
Why is this necessary? Outside the for loop is this line:
if source_directory != module_path:
how can they be the same?
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Martin
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